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Title Social Movement Participation in the Digital Age: Predicting Offline and Online Collective Action
Source Small Group Research, 33, 5, pp. 525-554
Year 2002
Access date 08.09.2004
Abstract Motives to participate in online versus offline collective action were investigated amongenvironmental activists in the Netherlands. A sample (N = 738) consisting of activists, sympathizers,and nonactivists, reported past and intended participation in online and offlineactivism. Using structural equation modeling, it was examined whether online activism waspredicted by different factors than offline activism. A wide range of predictors was derivedfrom central theories about mobilization and collective action, including identification, relativedeprivation, attitudes, subjective norm, perceived efficacy of action, and self-efficacy.Results show that when compared with offline actions, participation in online actions wasslightly more motivated by cognitive calculations (efficacy) and less by affective factors(identification). Moreover, results reflect the popularity and potential of the Internet foractivities that surpass the individual. This research gives an empirical insight in the influenceof Internet on motives for collective action and on the participation of peripheralmembers.
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Year of publication2002
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